RN Rapid Response Weekend Shift. 36 hours

Company : Wellstar Health System
Location : Marietta, GA, 30061
Posted Date : 17 October 2025
Job Type : Other
Category : Nursing
Occupation : RN
Job Details
RN Weekend Opportunity
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
Job Summary:
The Rapid Response Team (RRT) Nurse is a registered professional nurse who functions under the direction of the Nurse Manager and is responsible for coordination of Rapid Response Team assessment of patient, prioritization and implementation of interventions to ensure optimal patient outcomes, documentation of interventions and outcomes, communication with other team members and disciplines, and safe delivery of age appropriate and culturally aware patient care. The RRT Nurse is accountable for addressing the patient/family biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial and education needs. The RRT Nurse serves as a resource/support to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments. The RRT Nurse is responsible for RRT calls, follow-up visits, RRT data collection, entry and analysis, development of RRT practice guidelines, evaluation of patient codes and informal education of staff.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Patient Care:
- Responds to RRT calls.
- Coordinates patient care during events including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes
- Communicates with medical staff, nursing staff, other disciplines and departments as required to ensure optimal patient outcomes
- Intervenes in patient crisis to promote quality patient care
- Documents assessment, interventions, and outcomes in patient medical record; utilizes SBAR documentation
- Develops and implements clinical practice guidelines for RRT.
- Monitors patient outcomes and conducts follow-up as required
- Assesses patient and family or support system needs
- Educates patient, families or support system as required and documents
- Educates staff pertaining to RRT.
- Collects, monitors, and trends RRT data
- Analyzes data to determine opportunities for improvement; reports findings to medical staff and nursing leadership as requested
- Recommends improvements required to promote optimal patient outcomes to medical staff and nursing leadership
- Initiates and implements improvements related to RRT based on data trends
- Analyzes patient code data to identify trends and makes recommendations for improvements based on data
- Monitors near miss events to identify and initiate prevention measures to promote quality patient care
- Serves as professional role model within professional nursing utilizing professional clinical judgment
- Serves as a mentor in the development of peers and clinical staff
- Liaison between medical staff and patients and families
- Creates and maintains supportive work environment conducive to quality patient care including taking corrective action when needed
- Supports fiscal accountability for human and material resources
- Collaborates with Nurse Manager to recruit and retain staff
- Supports performance improvement initiatives designed to promote quality patient care
- Promotes professional nursing practice through shared governance, evidence-based practice and ethical accountability
- Maintains confidentiality
Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Required Minimum Education:
Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing; current licensure as a professional registered nurse in the State of Georgia Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN)
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
- BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor
- NIHSS - NIH Stroke Scale
Additional License(s) and Certification(s):
Current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support credentials Upon Hire Required Current AHA Basic Life Support credentials Upon Hire Required National certification in critical care nursing Upon Hire Preferred NIHSS certification Upon Hire Required
Required Minimum Experience:
Minimum 2 years of nursing practice in a critical care environment Required
Required Minimum Skills:
Ability to read, write and speak the English language Strong customer service and interpersonal skills Inter- and intra-departmental coordination of patient care activities Delegation skills required Ability to multi-task essential Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential Strong detail orientation required Computer skills required Personal time management skills are required Compliance with the American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics for Professional Nurses is required Demonstrates knowledge of and practices within parameters outlined in Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act.
Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful workand enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.
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